January 6 – Clashes with ISIL in Al Anbar Governorate kill twenty-three Iraqi Army soldiers and allied Sunni fighters.[1]
January 8 – A suicide bomber targets a police checkpoint in the town of Youssifiyah, killing seven people.[2]
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February 7 – Bombings in Baghdad kill at least 37 people hours before the city's curfew was due to end. ISIL claims responsibility.[3]
February 9 – Several attacks, including a suicide bombing, kill at least 22 in Baghdad, Iraq, in a predominantly Shiite part of the capital.[4]
February 26 – ISIL posts a video showing the destruction of Mosul Museum, the second largest in Iraq and rich in artifacts from thousands of years of Iraqi history.[5]
February 28 – A series of car bombs kill 19 people in Balad Ruz, east-central Iraq.[6]
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March 2 – A coalition of Iraqi Armed Forces and militia numbering around 30,000 launches an offensive against Islamic State positions in Tikrit. Troops seize control of the district of al-Tin and al-Abeid.[7]
March 5 – Separate attacks in Baghdad kill at least eight people.[8]
March 7 – ISIL destroys the ancient city of Hatra following the destruction of Nimrud.[9]
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^"Islamic State 'demolishes' ancient Hatra site in Iraq". BBC News. 7 March 2015.
^"Боевики "Исламского государства" взорвали древний замок Баш Тапия в иракском Мосуле" (in Russian). Russian News Agency "TASS". 8 April 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
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